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Shop Woman Counter Stop Front Japanese Students Walked

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Type of Sentence
Error Sentence He came into the shop and went to the woman behind the counter.
Correct Sentence He came into the shop and went up to the woman behind the counter.
Cloze Error Sentence He came into the shop and went [[ ]] to the woman behind the counter.
Cloze Sentence He came into the shop and went [[up]] to the woman behind the counter.
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Explanation

When you go towards someone and stop in front of them, you go up to, over to or across to them (NOT to or near to ): 'One of the Japanese students walked slowly up to me and, with a huge smile, handed me a rose.'

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